Improvement in adjustable hooks and railway-ticket holders



l. K. MCDUN'ALD. Adjustable Hunks and Railway Ticket-Hamers.

N0.l47,278. PatentedFeb.l0.1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE JOHN n. MAODONALD, OE NEWARK, NEW JEEsEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE HOKS AND RAILWAY-TICKET HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,275, dated February10, 1874; application filed March 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. MACDONALD, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a Combination Adjustable Hook andRailroad-Ticket Holder, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l shows a general view of the hook and holder; Fig. 2, aniodiiicat-ion of the device, and Fig. b a cross-section otl Fig. 2 onthe line of x a'.

The first part of niy invention consists in an improvement on mysecurity-hook, patented January 28, 1873. In that the coil of wire wasniade fast to' the shank near the lower end, and out of that wire wasmade the hook for the pin. In this the coil is in two parts. The lowerpart, a., is coiled loosely` about the shank Z), and, instead of a hook,there is a loop, c, made by the end of the wire going back against theshank; and, to release the pin d, the coil is slipped down O11 theshank, and the loop slips oft' from the end of the pin,

4 and the reverse action is required to hook the pin. The shank is madewith loops o and p, and, at either end, bent back-from the base line ofthe shank, to cover in part the point of pin el and hook The second partof this invention is also an improvement on the former security-hook. Inthat the security was in the spring-coil coming up in contactwith thehook,which coil was required to be pressed or drawn down before anyarticle could be passed on or oftl the hook.

In my present improvement, the coil c is wound close about the shank,made of Wire nearly square, so that it will not slip, and the upper endofthe coil-wire forms a hook, c', to

receive the end of the hook n, after an eyeglass or other article hasbeen put on it, and the hook z' makes the security positive in that wayor this coil, like thel coil c, may be put on the shank loosely, and,instead of the hook i, there may be a loop like the loop c, and thehooking` and unhooking of the hook n is by sliding the coil, as in theother case.

The third part of my invention is a new feature; and consists, iirst, inbending the hook u in the middle, so that a dat part shall press, whenhooked, against the coil c or shank, for the purpose of holding arailroad-ticket when traveling. The angle o serves also as a means ofsecurity for any article put on that hook. The invention consists,second, in making the end of the hook n sharp, for going through arailroad-ticket, or other article to be carried in that way.

I claiinl. The loop c and loose coil a, made to slide on the shank 11,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The coil e and hook i, in combination with the shank b and hook a,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The hook n, made sharp at the upper end, and bent in the middlenearly at right angles with a line of itself, when, by passing the endof the saine under the hook or loop z', it is made to press against theshank b, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The adjustable hook and railroad-ticket holder, consisting ot' theshank b, pin d, hook n, and coils c and e, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

JOHN K. MACDONALD. Witnesses:

HORACE HARnIs, JOSEPH HAssELL.

